Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: 3, by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH Poem Explanation Poet's Biography First Line: Ah, happy time! When music bound in one Last Line: Art's standard high as dome or minaret. Subject(s): Music & Musicians; Soul | ||||||||
AH, happy time! when music bound in one Two kindred souls that ne'er were out of tune: When in the porch, beneath the summer moon, Our supper o'er, our school-boy lessons done, While other lads were at some boisterous fun, We trilled our Tara's Hall or Bonnie Doon: Or in some fire-lit wintry afternoon, Our flutes, you first, I second, bravely won Their winding path through many a tough duet; Nor cared for plaudits louder than the praise Mother or sisters, in those simple days, Well pleased, bestowed: ah, sweeter than we met In after-life, from critics pledged to raise Art's standard high as dome or minaret. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE CRUEL FALCON by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE WHOLE SOUL by PHILIP LEVINE I KNOW MY SOUL by CLAUDE MCKAY HONORING THE SAND; IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH CAMPBELL by ROBERT BLY THE CHINESE PEAKS; FOR DONALD HALL by ROBERT BLY THE LIFE OF TOWNS: TOWN OF THE EXHUMATION by ANNE CARSON CORRESPONDENCES; HEXAMETERS AND PENTAMETERS by CHRISTOPHER PEARSE CRANCH |
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